Estate Living Digital Publication Issue 8 August 2015 | Page 5

OP EN

One food, one date, one moment

KITCHEN

Chinatown beckons and everyone’s in a hurry to
respond - so much so that I am unceremoniously
thrust off the tube cart and land on the platform
at Leicester Square. It is heaving - another day and
another organised jumble of people in London. My
eyes can’t see past the shoulders of the large man
in front and my feet quickly lose contact with the
ground. I am sinking for sure, drowning in a sea of
humankind. I hold my breath, close my eyes and let
my